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RDAY, JUNK 18, 1892.
Chicago comes next.
Whkui wan Alger’s “barT’f
Song pop Blaine—“Life's Dream la
O’er."
Blaine lo now probably out of poli
tics to stay.
Tint “I-toId-you-so” man in abroad
In all his glory,
There aru some mighty good poli-
tioians in the Kepubllcan party.
Government patronage helped do
the work for Harrison at Minneapolis.
Tint death of Col. I* I.. Polk leaves
the National Alliance without an offl-
olal head.
It does look like there was n terrible
blunder made by the Blaine boomers
somewhere or somehow.
Tint Turner column of oountles Is
still gaining over In the Klcventh dis
trict. Ware was added to It on Satur
day.
Home Interesting developments in
the politics of the Second Congres
sional district may be looked for nt an
early day. _ ■
Blaine's “bar’l” was evidently not
opened, but Harrison’s must have been,
Judging by the way the purchasable
vote from the South stuck to him.
Ir the timber of the Itepubllcun
platform Is no more genuine than the
gavel used by McKinley hi the con
vention, it Is nn «nsafa thing to stand
on. __ u a
‘ Wn mu. aw It Kin, Itepubllcun nomi
nee for Vice-President, moved from
Ohio to Louisiana at the oloae of the
war, where he lived for several years
and engaged In cotton planting.
In the ballot for the Republican
Presidential nominee, Pennsylvania
oast the largest number of votes for
Harrison of any of the States. She
gave him 54, New York 48 and Ohio 27.
Skohktaiiy Bi.aink’h place in the
!, '■
Presidential Cabinet will be tilled tills
week, mid It seems to be pretty well
understood at Washington that the
appointment will be tendered to
Ohaunoey M. Depew, of New York.
Tiik building In which the Demo
cratic Natlunal Convention will bu
held Is finished. It will seat 20,000
ALE
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IDU’, JUNE 18, 1892.
PRSNTtCMK VVIS.I.
■BISS.
KNIFK
HON. G. B.
“l.et'me give yon a tip about the Re
publican ticket Just nominated,” said
an old-time, newspaper compositor to
a reporter of the Savannah Press on
Saturday.
“Do you know what beat Blaine in
the election of 1884? You remember
how close It was In New York, and
that all depended upon New York.
.Well, 1,500 Union printers of New
York, who are Republicans in politics,
marched In one solid body to the polls
and voted for Cleveland.
“Why? On account of the New
York Tribune's support of Blaine. It
was really the only morning paper In
New York city that was supporting
Blaine. It publicly said that if Blaine
was successful, to It would belong the
credit of his election. It was an anti-
Union office—what tlicj craft calls a
‘rat’ office —where ‘unfair’ printers
are employed and where Union men
are not allowed to enter. And Hint Is
why the printers knifed the Republi
can ticket. If the Republican printers
hadn't voted against the Republican
nominee Blaine would |iave been
chosen.
“Now wait till you see the printers
knife Whltelaw Reid. He is the pro
prietor of that same New York Trib
une. There are 7,U00 Union printers
In New York. To a man, night nnd
day until the uleotlon is over, these
7,000 men will be found working
against Whltelaw Held."
Being Compelled by Ill-Health
to Leave the District,
ADDuKHMKH A I.RTTKB TO IIIM
PRVKNflM.
R«ngftlilft, (he iMpftrtnMrr af n* Act
ive, Vi|*m> Campaign, nad Brian
Himself Vankle la make It, lie
Aftka III* Friend* St at le Be
■tampered by Personal Con.
alderalleaa, Bat la Da
ike Beet Tkey Caa
fae Democratic
ISttMb
Hon. O. B. Wooten left the city Sun
day for Suwanee Springs, Fla,
where he goes with the hope ol re
cuperating Ins health.
To-day he addressed the following
letter to a committee of Ills friends
nnd neighbors of Calhoun county.
The letter explains itself fully, and its
publication will have ar. important
bearing upon the present campaign
in the Second Congressional district:
TUB VOTB.
The whole number of voteB In the
Republican Convention at Minneapolis
oast In the Presidential nomination
was Number necessary to a
choice, 458.
The vote oast was as follows:
piVnioTIC CABO FB<
W. O. WATSON,
on NIB.
: o o sWx
itNI
Ha Weals Balker Carey Ike Oliva
Braaefc af Peace la Ike Warring Far-
liana af Ike Bl*lriel Tkaa Ba Heavier.
Albany, Ga., June It, 18D2.
T» (lie Kilitur of the IlsitAEIi.
As my name has been placed before
the public, III the newspapers and
otherwise,'as a probable candidate to
represent the Tenth Senatorial dis-
tr'ct In the hext Legislature, I feel It
incumbent on me to disclaim any re
sponsibility for such use of It, because
to longer allow it without some public
expression from me to the contrary
might seem to commit me as consent
ing to It, while, under no circum
stances that I can now imagine possi
ble, will I be a candidate for any po
litical office or position whatever.
I would much rather carry the olive
branch of peace, harmony and good
will to the now warring factions, if it
was possible, than to carry Yhe banner
of any faction, though by so doing I
HILL IS OUT.
I PI.ACEM A WITIIDBAWAl
I.BTTKR IN TDK HANDS
OP FBIHNDH.
Tkv Htary Came* Fvam a Hpptikllcna
Haarca, Bal Appear* la Br
G ranine.
might gnin for myself wlmtever honor!- | H t | )( ,
there might be to the victor in such a j , ', „
A New York special of Friday
credits the New York Times with the
following:’
“David B. Hill has withdrawn from
the contest for the Democratic Presi
dential nomination.
“Ills letter of withdrawal was in the
hands of his representatives before tile
meeting of Hill delegates to Chicago
held at the Hoffman House Monday
niglit, and it was in accordance with
Its terms that a resolution pledging
the delegates to urge and vote for his
noininatliiiwis long ns he will permit
his,name to be used ns a candidate for
President was withdrawn.
“It is obvious that the pledge ex.
SIJCCRHHFIJI, AND IIAPPV UVEN
Fariictk Aaaiversary af Ik* Jlarvla**
af C'apl. aarf Sir*. Jaka A Bavi*.
Ilcnlnmln Harrison
•ItiiiiiisU. lUiiino,
William McKinley
Knlmrt Lincoln
Tlionin* 11. Kootl
Harrison owcb his nomination to the
South. The Southern delegates went
almost solidly for him, and without
them he could not not have been nom
inated.
Klim THBNl OUT.
Under the above heading the Val
dosta Times says:
A so-called Democratic mass meet
ing assembled Ip Worth county several
days ago, and eleeted Stevens delegates
to the Detnooratio Congressional con
vention. They also elected delegates
to the Atlanta convention and Instruc
ted them to vote against Northen.
But they might have done all this and
still been Democrats.
Mr. W. A. Allen theii offered the
following:
Resolved, That wj, the oltlsens of
Worth county, in mass meeting assem.
bled, do hereby re-affirm our allegiance
to the tline-hnnored Democratic party,
and that we Indorse the platform of
the Demooratlo party as promulgated
people ami Is called by the old-fash-
loncd, Democratic-sounding name of
“Wigwam.”
by the State convention,and will abide
the notion of the National convention,
Tiikuk was plenty of excitement,
but very little enthusiasm, in Wash
ington when news of Harrison's nom
ination for Presldeht was reoelved.
All of the cheering that was done In
the House of Representatives was done
by the Democrats.
MoKimi.ky pounded order into tho
Minneapolis Convention with a gavel
made of stolen timber. No matter,
'the papers accuse the Republican
party of stealing Presidents nnd Lcg-
* islatures, too, so that they ought not
worry over the theft of a gavel.
and support its nominee,
A correspondent who was present
said this was like shaking a red rag In
a mnd bull’s fane. They snorted and
pawed the earth, and voted it down
Now, this was not n convention of
Democrats, and when the delegates
chosen nt this meeting present them
selves at a Demooratlo convention they
ought to be shown the door.
Bill Ilnrrls ought to have hnndled VRm,e great object.
Albany, Ga., June 11,1892.
Dr. J. II. <leorj?o, Col. J. K. Mercer mul other*.
Committee, Lenry, On.
Gentlemen: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your fnvor
Inviting me to he present In Morgan
on the 18th Inst., and to address the
people on the issues of the day.
It would afford me grent pleasure to
meet my neighbors nnd friends and
fellow-countymen nn thnt occasion,
and to talk with them concerning the
vital questions that now nffcct our
common Interest—for we have a com
mon interest—nnd I know that, as
neighbors and friends, we can come
together and reason together as to all
questions Involved therein.
In these times of political confusion
and distrust the general, If not unani
mous, support ill my neighbors Is to
me a matter of the highest gratilicii-
tlon, Whatever may betide me this
mark of confidence nnd estcem> hom
ing from those who know me best,
will be ever present with me sb a grate
ful memento bringing oheer nnd com
fort. I have, however, to express my
sincere regret that, on nocouut of Ill-
health, I cannot be present on thnt oc
casion.
For more than a month the state of
my health has been, and it now Is,
such ns to prevent me from prosecut
ing the Congressional oampaigu with
that energy wliiah the situation de
mands, and which my friends Imre a
right to expeot. Anting udder the nd-
viae of my physlolan I shall be nbsent
from the district for some days, with
the.hopethnt the change may bring
Improvement nnd recuperation. I
trust I shall be able to return in n
short time prepared to enter the Held
and to. work for the unity, harmony
and success of ll)o Democracy.
This Is the pnrnuiount object of
pntrlotio desire, whloh rises above the
olnims of any man, and I beg that my
friends will not permit any considera
tions personal to myself to prevent
them from making any arrangements
or adopting any measures which in
their judgment are calculated to nd-
moment the. letter is pro
duced.
Resides the above, which lends the
Times’ editorial on the subject, the
Blaine has gone to Bar Harbor for j 'UimcH prints this special:
might
conflict ns is now being waged within
the Democratic party lines or this dis
trict. W. O. Watson.
tile Hlimmer nm! retired from politics I “Thoy, N. Y., Julie 9.—There is In
for the rest of his lire. Peace be trt hli'l existence 11 letter signed by Senator
nshes. | David It. llill authorizing the wltli-
Coi*. Wooten’s nmny irten.ls 01 Calhoun wilt ^ drnwal or his name from all further
CLTtnlnly regret thut hu tins determincil, under I consideration by tile Democracy, State
advice of Ids physician, to upend a week unions! llm i National, whenever, in the opinion
lit While Sulphur Springs. We had taken on
renewed hope when the Colonel nnimnneeih a
kIiois time since, that lie was In trim for tlie
tray. Ilia absence will, lieymid all qucstlmi,
greatly injure Ills (pi nil Id tiny.—Cn Miami County
Courier.
No one recognizes the need of nn ac
tive and aggressive campaign upon
the part of the Democratic candidate
of the district more limn Col. Wooten
does; yet lie Is not. Ill a physical con
dition to make It himself, and for that
reason he says, in substance, to his
friends, I11 a letter published in to
day’s Herald, “Don’t let my cnmll-
dney or personal interest lininper you
III any airaugement you may think
best for the success of the party." In
pther words, Col. Wooten places the
success of the Democratic party ahead
of his personal interest or anibltion,
and leaves his friends free to 1 take up
another candidate If they think the
best Interests of the party will be af
fected by hie inability to pursue nit ac
tive canvass at this time. Thu course
he has adopted Is the most patriotic
one open to hliA under the circum
stances.
unit discretion of Richard Croker,
Hugh McLaughlin and Edward Mur
phy, Jr.,and W»1I. F. Sheehan, such steps
should be tuken. The letter is In this
city at this moment. It is in the safe
of Edward Murphy, Jr., Chairman of
the Democratic State Committee.
“There will bo hasty and perhaps
ungry denials of the above statements,
but they are based upon information
which the Times has taken pains to
verify, and which is believed to be ab
solutely reliable.”
legislate
this affair better. Third Party peo.
plo may run the’’Demooratlo machine
in Thnmns nnd in Worth, but they nre
not going to do It anywhere else.
The Harrison and Blaine battle was
fought to the finish at Minneapolis
without resort to personal abuse or
slander. This is refreshing in modern
i politics, and the leaders of the Repub
lican party have set an example to the
Denioorats worthy of umulattoo.
New York will bo represented nt
the World’s Fair to the tune of $77,000,
spent in a State building.
The largest steamship thnt has yet
ridden the waters of the Great Lakes
was launched, last Wednesday, at Chi
cago. " It Is named the Maritana.
The newspaper correspondents who
rushed off to Buzzard's Bay to Inter
view Grover Cleveland on the subject
of Harrison’s renomlnntlon had their
ns for their trouble. Tho ex-Pres-
dent couldn't be made to talk. He
said “no” to all comers and stuck to it.
Anotir $30,000 have been sent to the
relief committee at Titusville, to be
expended for tho sufferers from the
dood and tire nt Titusville and Oil
City.
The Democrats of Early county are
threatened with a divialou that may
very seriously cripple the party; but
Chairman Howard, of the Executive
Committee, with prodent conservatism,
is trying to hold the party together,
aud has Issued a call for another meet
ing of the committee on the 18th Inst.
Swaumh of loousts have crossed the
Great Sahara desert and the Atlas
mountains and are devastating the
country around Algeria aud Tunis, on
the Mediterranean.. After accomplish
ing such a journey as that the pests
would probably look upon a trip
across the Atlantic ocan as a small
•mdertaking. Be prepared for them.
A New York Episcopal clergyman
has made a suggestion for the regula
tion of the drink evil that astonishes
prohibition workers as though a bomb
had been exploded in their midst,
Since the'evil cannot be suppressed, he
. urges that the churches operate estab
lishments tor the sate of “light drinks.”
He says that this is to be done decent
ly and in good order and strictly on
prohlbltlon.prlnoiples. This reverend
gentleman la an Englishman, which
probably explains Jiis ideas on that
subject.
The Philadelphia Record, in speaking
of the condition of the political aspect
at Minneapolis before the nomination
of Harrison took- place, hits straight,
out from the shoulder in denouncing
the scandalous traffic in the votes of
colored Southern delegates, while at
the same time, these same Republicans
lire loud in their accusations against
Southern Democrats for doing the
same thing. It says Republican ora
tors and organs are loud In their de
nunciations of the insolent political
rule of Southern Democrats, and in
order to restrain this domination, as
they call it, they are again proposing,
the passage of a Force bill by Con
gress. But if all that has been charged
against the Southern Demoorats had
been as true as it is false it would by
no means be as deplorable as what is
now to be witnessed at Minneapolis In
the threatened control of the Republi
can nomination for the Presidency by
a horde of Ignorant and purchasable
(Jelegates from the South. It is the
miiform testimony of impartial cor
respondents on the spot that never be
fore In the Republican National Con
vention has the traffic in these votes
been so open and scandalous. Yet it
has been proposed to put not only the
South but the whole country under
the control of this political element
through the agency of a Force bill.
Not since tlie days of reconstruction
have we been confronted by questions
of such gravity. Democratic organ
ization Is in peril, and this means Hint
our political and social order, and our
right of local self-government, nre in
peril.
The evils which we suffer arc grent
indeed. Our situation is deplorable;
but the disruption of the Democratic
party would he the greatest calamity
of a political character that could be
fall us, especially at this crisis, when
there Is so muoh to sustain and encour
age the belief that victory is within
the grasp of a united Democracy.
As citizens of Calhoun county, we
arc justly proud of her Democratic
record. Let us now Indulge the hope
that in this, the hour of trouble and of
danger, she will be true to her record,
and will not. trail those colors under
which she has fought so long and so
gallantly.
Allow me, gentlemen, to express to
you, and through you, to those whom
you represent, my grateful acknowl
edgements of the honor conferred. I
am. with great respect, your fellow
oitlzen, C. B. Wooten.
The Cuthbert Liberal-Enterprise re
fers n question, or rather a lot of ques
tions, presented by the anomalous con
dition Into which the Democrats of
Randolph county have worked them
selves, to the Hkhai.d and Balnhridgo
Democrat, with the request that we
make straight nnd unequivocal an
swer. The Hkiiai.u never dodges
quest ions or Issues that, come from
respectable sources and are germane
to any given subject of public interest,
but It seems to us that wo nre being
called upon to answer more than our
share of the troublesome questions and
irrepressible conundrums concocted
by the Stevens orgnns In the present
cninpnign in the Second Congressional
district, nnd while we appreciate the
implied confidence and respect, of
our esteemed Cuthbert contemporary,
we must decline to net us umpire for
the Democratic
The government should
against such monopolies of weather
as the North nnd West have hud this
spring.
Italy is feeling unensy. Vesuvius
has been grumbling for some time and
now she Is fairly foaming at the mouth
with excitement.
Hon. Martin V. Calvin has again
been renominated for the House of
Representatives by the Democrats of
Riohinoiid county. This will make
Mr. Calvin’s sixth consecutive term In
the Legislature, aud he will undoubt
edly be father of the next House. He
may be Speaker, too.
Providence rarely.allots to two hit-
man beings so long, successful and
happy a married life as has been en
joyed by Capt. and Mrs/John A. Davis
of this city—the fortieth anniversary
of whose marriage oeours to-day.
Those forty years have not been
without their trials, both small nnd
great, but in the main particulars that
go to make up a happy life, thls(|
Indy'nnd gentleman have been especi
ally and continually blessed. ,
They have borne ohildreu, all of
whom have lived to - grow to manhood
or womanhood, and to do honor to
their parents; they have been blessed
with health and wealth, n position lit
the world that Is unimpeachnble, and
with friends staunch and true, and
many in number.
At his office, tills morning, while
his mind was filled with the thoughts
thnt looking back over forty years of
married life brought, Capt. Davis was
impelled to pen an affeotionate and
gallant epistle to the loved wife who
lmd trod those long years by his side.
The letter spoke in tender terms of
the motherly love and wisdom whloh
had been the family guidance, nnd
generously gave to her the credit of
the success and happiness whloh had
orowned their days.
The letter was sent to his wife at
their residence, nnd came to her, not
only as an affeotionate acknowledge-
Tnent of the Importance that her share
of their life work has been, but as a
gentle reminder that noteven business
cares drove from the mind of her hus
band thoughts of the day when he
made her his blushing bride.
Capt. and Mrs. Davis have borne
eight ohlldren, all of whom are living
and married, and now there are twenty
children to visit grandfather and
grandmother. To-night all of the
children and grandohildren living in
Albany will gather under the paternal
roof to do honor to the oooaslon of
the fortieth anniversary, and to wish
many happy returns of the day.
The Herald and the innumerable
friends of this happy oouple unite
with their ohlldren in wishing them
many more years of suooess and hap
piness and a continuance of the bless->
Inga they now enjoy.
1
Nonp 44ooil for ihr Complexion.
The l’hnrmneist snys it is n curious
prejudice that some people have
against snap ns nn application fertile
face. Tills is a great fallncy. Good
soap Is a grent purifier, nnd a great
preventive of the uncomely-looking
“blackheads,” which nre a disfigure
ment and are so hard to get rid of.
THING* GOOD TO KNOW.
The Minister’* Wife*
From the Lullies’ Home Jouriml.
Do not remind her every time you
see her of her failure to attend this
meeting or that.
Do not allude more than is needful
In her presence to the devotion and
activity of your former pastor’s wife,
or of the wife of some other pastor in
town.
Do not mnke her president of all
your societies, or chairman of all your
committees.
Do not forget that she Is a woman,
umLa wife, and a mother, before she is
an assistant pastor.
Do not forget thnt her time Is not
paid for.
For fruit stains, dip the spots sev
eral times In hot milk.
Leaks about chimneys mny be
stopped by a cement of coni tar nnd
sand, neatly applied.
Keep flowers fresh by putting
pinch of soda in the wnter.
Roil the clothes line and it will not
party of Randolph i “kink«“ « new rope is npt to do.
Every train that passes through the
city from the North has on board
young ladies returning home from
school.
TIIK MOCKING BIBO AND
TOAD.
TIIK
An lacldem From Plenum,t Memorlr*
of Fifty Yenra Ago.
county. The questions referred to us
by the Liberal-Enterprise nre such ns
’are not in our province to answer, be
cause It is evident that tho machinery
of the Democratic party of Randolph
county has been taken poscsston of by
the Allianceelement, and it is a matter
for the strnigthout Democrats to de
termine whether they will submit to
the domination of that secret organi
zation or not. It is a local Issue with
a district bearing, with which the in
telligent men of Randolph who object
to being bossed by the manipulations
of secret orders In politics are fully
capable of dealing with for themselves.
Apply to them. “A soft answer
tnrneth awaw wrath.”
Who will be the Third Party candi
date for Congress In the Second dis
trict? Nominations are In order.
KniTon McIktomh is put on notice that hi*
bright and breezy Hkkami tail* to come to this
office. Hie New* admires the Herald, for it i*
an open and fair opponent.— 1 ThomasviUe New*.
Thanks for your kind criticism, es
teemed contemporary. The Herald
is mailed to you regularly, and if you
fall to get it the fault is not ours.
Stir up your postmaster.
It is a significant faot, and one that
speaks ill for the Democracy of the
South, that the speakers of the present
campaign turn the force of their ora
torical and logical battery, not upon
the Republican party, ns hitherto, but
upon the Democratic party itself, or
upon what was once rank and file with
die Demooratlo party. We now pre
sent the lamentable spectacle of a di
vided house.
The President and Vice President
of Brazil have out-generaled the Czar
of Russia in exiling good and true
citizens of their country for no other
reason than thnt their political influ
ence was feared. Within the last six
weeks a large number of the leading
citizens of Rio de Janeiro were se
cretly arrested, transported to a boat
pressed into service for that purpose,
and sent up the river Amazon to a
place near its head, called Amazonia.
These men were seized at night, were
not informed of the cause of their
arrest nor even given an opportunity
to bid their families adieu. Little is
known of that remote corner of Brazil
to which they have been sent, beyond
the fact that wild Indians possess it,
who are hardly less pleasant to meet
than the enormous Amazonian ser
pents that abound thereabouts as
numerously as flies in Northern sum
mer time; that mosquitoes came in
clouds obscuring the sun, and every
grain of sand is infected by poisonous
ants and other tropical pests, making
life a perpetual torment to civilized
people—with but one siDgle mitigating
circumstance, that it can not last long,
because the climate of those lowlands
under the equator is speedily fatal to
human beings.
Keep a small box filled with lime In
your pantry nnd cellar; it will keep
the air dry and pure.
Soda is the best thing for cleaning
tinware; npply with a damp cloth and
rub well, then wipe dry.
Prick potatoes before baking, so that
the air can escape; this will prevent
their bursting in the oven.
For sore throat, beat the white of an
egg stiff, with all the sugar it will
hold, and the juice of one lemon.
When baking cakes, set n dish of
water in the oven with them, and they
will not be in any danger from scorch
ing.
A mixture of finely powdered orris
root, chalk, cigar ashes and a few drops
of rose water makes an excellent tooth
powder.
To mend large holes in sooks or in
merino underwear, tack a piece of
strong net over and darn through it.
The darn will he stronger and neater
than without it.
To clean a stove zinc or zinc-lined
bathtub, mix ammonia and whiting to
a smooth paste, apply it to the zinc
and let it dry. Then rub it off until
no dust remains.
A teaspoonful of alum will make
clear four gallons of muddy water.
Boilingthe water is necessary to re
move disease germs w hen a farm pump
or town reservoir has a bad name.
The question of extending the city
limits is on deck.
Two young ladies of Albany, who
have recently returned from college,
haye not settled themselveB at home
with the idea that their education is
finished. Both young ladies are good
musicians and have already begun a
course of study under one of the com
petent home instructors, that gives
them regular employment for several
hours each day. Bravo, for the girl
with energy.
VTn.piTWrramT
I
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Written fur tic evening I[kkai.i>.
lie was a philosopher—a keen, care
ful student of human nature, and
hence a philosopher. He was some
thing of a poet, too, In his nature,
though his appearance was indicative
of nothing but a careless, indolent,
well-to-do man.
While on his wny down town In the
morning, he stopped by the gate for a
chat. Above us, hidden from sight
by the gloss} leaves and rich blos
soms of a pomegranate tree,a mocking
bird was filling the air with joyous
music. He was singing with all his
little might, and trill succeeded trill,
and ripple, ripple until it seemed as
though the ecstatic joy of beautiful
song must break the heart of the
feathered songster.
“There,” said my friend, “listen to
that bird working himself up to a pitch
of quivering, palpitating, exhausting
enthusiasm over his own sweet slng-
Ing—poor thing! When he stops, he
will be quite incapable of movement
from the effort it has cost him to pour
forth his soul in song in that way.
But look,” continued he, as something
in the grass near our feet caught his
eye, “do you see that toad over there?”
I looked where he pointed and saw a
plump old toad resting his wrinkled
self in the shade of a whitish-brown
stool—warty, pop-eyed and satisfied.
“I’ll tell you, Bob,” said my friend,
“it’s all well enough to be a mocking
bird or a nightingale in this life, with
a soul quick to feel, and with a depth to
feel intensely either joy or sorrow;
but for real comfort, recommend tome
a toad whose nature comprehends not
much of either joy or sorrow, and
whose life Is one long day of easy con
tentment.”
He stared reflectively at the sky a
moment, put his oigar back in his
mouth, doffed his hat and went on.
The incident happened fifty years
ago, but is as fresh in my mind as tho’
it were yesterday.
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